Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Lima (Peru)

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Name (Latin)
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Lima (Peru)
Other forms of name
Catholic Church. Arzobispado de Lima (Peru)
Lima (Peru : Archdiocese : Catholic Church)
Type of corporate body
Church
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 138424749
Wikidata: Q1364847
Library of congress: n 84101335
HAI10: 000409497
Sources of Information
  • Carnero Albarrán, N. Diezmos de Lima, 1592-1859, 1983:p. i (Arzobispado de Lima)
  • LC data base, 11/14/84(hdg.: Lima (Archdiocese). Sínodo Diocesano)
  • New Cath. encyc., 1967(Lima, Archdiocese of (Limanus); created a Diocese [no publs. in LC data base] 1541; raised to metrop. See of Peru 2/12/1546; extended from Central Amer. to Chile and Rio de La Plata; throughout 17th and 18th cent. new dioc. and eccles. provinces were formed)
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Wikipedia description:

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima (Latin: Archidioecesis Limana) is part of the Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo. The suffragan dioceses are: Callao, Carabayllo, Chosica, Huacho, Ica, Lurín, and (Territorial Prelature) Yauyos. From 1999 to 2019 the Archbishop of Lima was Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, made Cardinal in 2001. The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is the headquarters of the archdiocese.

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